Many of you have probably heard of Marie Kondo, the organization guru gal. I bought her book (and I blogged about it last year), the life-changing magic of tidying up, read that bad boy and implemented some of her ideas. There was no way I could do everything at once, especially with three young humans in the house. I’m sure there are some parents who go balls out and storm cluttered craft closets like the beaches of Normandy, but not this chick. Pictured below, is one of my hurdles to organization. Notice the bubble wrap and the paper that was used to cushion the contents of the box. Little Man was wanting to keep all of this for “pwee-tend”. Oy.
Little Man and one of his sisters, Little Red, are notorious for pitching an idea for their own show, “Box Hoarders & Other Random Crap”. No lie. Little Man has broken down into tears when we’ve taken a box and put it in recycling or taken the cardboard packaging that he was using as stairs for his stuffed wiener dog, Mr.Tinkles (I have absolutely no idea where he got this name). Twigs, leaves, rocks, gum & candy wrappers, lone socks, a plastic harmonica, etc., have been discovered under offsprings’ beds. Little Red currently has a box with twigs, leaves, acorns and a stuffed chipmunk from Redfish Lake (it’s a toy, not a literal taxidermied squirrel) I have a friend who found a portion of a quesadilla on a paper plate under the backseat of her car. Safe to say, it wasn’t hers. Anyway, I feel that trying to keep up with being organized with a family, is two steps forward, one step back, especially with wee ones who are shoving boxes in secretive spots when adult eyes aren’t upon them. Sneaky little suckers.
Well baby, it’s a new year and I’m gonna conquer our apocalyptic amount of unused and unwanted random stuff! I’d recently read about Marie Kondo’s latest show that’s on Netflix, so I watched an episode. Mister couldn’t believe that I was watching this and commented on how I can watch some of the most boring shows. Yeah, I have to agree with his comment on watching a person organize a home. But, hey, ya gotta do what ya gotta do! Here are the after photos of one of Little Red’s drawers and Little Man’s drawers, newly organized.
Although the pants and leggings in both of these drawers were all nicely folded in half to begin with, both of these drawers were full, making it difficult to easily find pants and leggings. Well hello, Marie Kondo’s organization info! Out came the pants and leggings and away Little Red and I began to re-fold! This style of folding saved so much space, that Little Red and Little Man (actually, he didn’t help because I was in full on organization mode) were both able to place more clothing in their drawers. I was so digging this! Little Lady has tackled her own dresser drawers, as have I. Here’s the diagram below on how to fold clothing to utilize the most space.
*source is Pinterest
One last handy organizational tip is for cards. My mom doesn’t miss sending a birthday card or other special event card, because at the first of the month, she writes on the cards, seals them in the envelopes and where the stamps are to be placed, writes the date the card should be mailed. Voila! Handy, dandy!
Well, I’ve got to boogie. I have a bunch of clothes that are in a pile that don’t “bring me joy” (Marie Kondo reference), so I’ve got to divvy them up in thrift store, consignment store and friends groups. One step at a time, one step at a time. If you get a hankering to organize throughout your home, here’s a link to a checklist of items to organize, http://pin.it/xhjteuv3ngckm! This will either be a happy time for you or a hellish time for you, but either way, your house will be organized and free of clutter! Ole’!
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